Wallpaper author:
Rodney Hughes
17 May 2026
IC 2944 Running Chicken Nebula
IC 2944, Running Chicken Nebula, is an open star cluster in the constellation Centaurus that was processed in PixInsight as a mosaic, HSO image. Resolution is 5.43 arcsec/pixel. The bright star is Lambda Centauri.
Dataset from which the image was processed
IC 2944 Mosaic
5 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ML16200
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 173.5833 Dec -63.15611
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................14 Apr 2021 - 14 Dec 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 600 | 2h10m | 13 |
| OIII | 600 | 2h10m | 13 |
| SII | 600 | 2h10m | 13 |